Can a critique of art critique politics by proxy? Looking at both left and right, from maximalist history painters to culture-war allegorists and militant ecopoets, Spike columnist Travis Diehl’s new book-length essay, A Snake Whistles, calls for the ambivalence of poetry in a polarized age. ​

Hard copies will be available courtesy S*I*G Verlag. Q&A with Spike editor Christian Kobald to follow.

RSVP to christian.kobald@spikeartmagazine.com till 4 December.

Spike Berlin
Goebenstr. 22, 10783 Berlin
Friday, 5 December 2025
7–10pm

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TRAVIS DIEHL is a writer, editor, and critic based in New York. His Spike arts & culture column, “Libra Season,” runs the last Wednesday of the month.